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-ported on a crane; and, secondhin the mode of supporting thepress-hoard and heater.v

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Assiettes 'ro HIMSELF AND DAVID F. BROWN.

Letto-8 Patent No. 77,934, dated May 1-2, 1868.

IMPROVEMNT IN -TILORS PRESSING-MAGEINE.

@ige Sdgrmrlc nimh it in tlges triers tant mit limiting part of tigtsame T() ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNz' f Be it'lrnown that I, JOSEPH W.TIIORP, of Hillsborough Bridge, in the county of Hillsborough`,;and'Statejoff- `New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvementin-Talors Pressing-Machines; andI do herebyv declare that the followingis 'a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadv to the`'2t-ceon'ipztnyin'g drawings, and 'to the letters of reference markedthereon. In the accompanying drawings-'- Figure l is a top or birds-eyeview of my machine. Figure 2 is a side view orelevation of the same.l

Figure 3 is an end vien' of the machine. y A Figure 4 is a verticalsection of the press-iron and its spindle or shank, showing also thesleeve, and socketjoint for operating the-same. A i

Figure 5 is a detached horizontal section of the collar or nut, formingpart of the hinge of the crane or swinging arm. f

Figure 6 is a modified view ofthe cam and handle detached from thepress-iron. Figure 7 is an inclined ratchet-standard, 'for supportingthe press-board. My` invention consists, first, `in animprovedarrangement for giving a. universal jointto the press-iron sup-In the construction of my improvement in pressing-machines,thecbe-d-platmwith the standards B-and M, may be cast in one piece, inorder to hold the main hinge of the crane at one end of the machine infixed relation tothe attachment of the press-board at the other endofthe machine. i

The crane or arm C is strongly hinged to the .main frame or standard B,by two large sockets itt'edto bolt on shaft T. Between the socketsl ofthis hinge is o. well-tted collar, L, iig. 2, provided with athumb-screw, V, and also hushed bytwo slightly-movable plates, a, fig.5, against one of which said thumb-screw works in fixing -the collar,andthus supporting the c'rane or arm C at any desiredheight upon thebolt or shaft T.

The hinge between the arms C and D is also very strong, and worksclosely.

At the distal extremity of the arm D, the socket or `holder E is`attached by a wrist-joint, iig.V 3, provided with a screwstop, D thusgiving the socketarotarymotion in the'arm. This socket husa face-plate,and also a cavity of. peculiar sha-pe, fig. 4, forming, with the sleeveF,Aa ball-andsocket joint, `limited by the spindle of the press-ironabout to be described. l

The press-iron basa rigid spindle, J, well ttedto and'sliding in thesleeve I". A This spindle is pivotcd lo the handle I by a.pin, K,passing through the sleeve, and working up and downfinslots therein..

The sleeve F may be connected to the handle 'and to the spindle byjmeansoftwolevers H, figs. 2 and 4,

or by two cams, figs. 6 and'S, cast together or rigidly connected by barc, iig. V8. The latter modification gives less play than the levers H,and also allows the handle I to slide in or out, as'. shown in red andblack lines, iig, 6, and thus increase or diminish the leverage os thehandle at pleasure. g i. p By this arrangement, aslight pressure of thehand upon handle I brings the force of an elbow-iever upon the spindleof the press-iron, and thus enables the workman, without weariness, toemploy any desirable amount of pressure upon hiswork.

The heater j, fig. 4, when too hot, is suspended in the chamber of thepress-iron by means of pins z, and Ais not allowed to touch thefaceplate of the press-iron, that-:preventing the excessive heat of theh'eater'from burning the goods.

One end ofthe press-board is slightly held or hinged to the rigid cap N,insuch manner thatthe other end of the press-hoard may swinghorizontally." The cap N is adjustable upon the firm standard M, and is'fixed by means of set-screw O, working in a Agroove in the standard M.This cap-may also `be provided, with a ratchet', to fit another ratcheton the standard M, as seen in iig. 7. i I i l f i 17,934

vThe other end of the pressfhoardrests upon :m adjustable prop orfolding-jack, P; one foot of which rests in notches Q of the bed-plate,Whilst the other foot rests upon the ratchet-har P. i L

This ratchet-bar r'ests in a groove, and one end of it bears against apiece of rnbbexg-e, iig. 1, dotted red lin'es,so that the bnr, ,understrong pressurefrom the jack P, may slide a littlein the groove, andthus prevent lcutting` ortearing the goods when the press-iron comesunexpectedly in contact with a seam, fold, or other unobservedobstruetion.v i y y I also sometimes employ an adjustable standard, W,fig. 7, having a piece of India rubber, Y, instead of 'the folding-jackand ratchet-bai'.

I do not confine my' invention to the precise form oi` bed-p'lateandlother devices above described. The

platte itself may be' cast' in two or more pieces, und lrigidly boltedor otherwise fastened together, and other' changes of construction maybe adoptedas experience may indicate, so long as the machine ispractically the same, En' substantially'the sume.

Neither do I here claim any ofthe features contained in former patents.Y Y

Having thus fully described thy invention, WhatI claim, and desiretolsecure by Letters Patent oi the United States, is-

1. The arrangement of lthe socket E, the sleeve F, and thespindle J,with.' thepress-ix-on and its adjusting handle, substantially as setfoith. f" 4 2. lSupporting th-e heater ata distance 'from-the'face-plateof the press-iron, by means substantially.

described, and for the purpose specified.

' 3. The arrangementof the ndjustable handle a and cm a with the spindleJand press-iron, i'qi' the purpose substantially as set forth.

4. The u'bber or elastic bearing ea1ranged in'combinntionwith thejack P,substantially as set forth. JOSEPH W. .THORR Witnesses: y GHAs. H."GRIFFIN, C. W.BALDW1N

